diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 8a5472e..a72b3c8 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -7,3 +7,6 @@
 [submodule "doc_identifier"]
 	path = doc_identifier
 	url = https://repo.or.cz/minetest_doc_identifier.git
+[submodule "doc_basics"]
+	path = doc_basics
+	url = https://repo.or.cz/minetest_doc_basics.git
diff --git a/doc_basics b/doc_basics
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f57c876
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc_basics
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f57c876d2b9e2bdab20a014710dac02ee523fa58